Austria vs Jordan Preview

Group J’s second opening fixture takes place in the early hours of Wednesday morning at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, with Austria and Jordan meeting just a few hours after Argentina and Algeria clashed in Kansas City. With the reigning world champions in the same group, both sides know that taking points off each other in the group’s supporting fixtures is essential to any hopes of progression.

Austria arrive at this World Cup in genuinely strong form, unbeaten across their last five matches and having shown consistent quality throughout their preparation. Their most recent outing produced a professional 1–0 home win over Tunisia — a clean sheet and a controlled performance just a fortnight before the tournament. Prior to that, they won 1–0 at home against South Korea. Before that, they produced one of their most impressive pre-tournament performances, thrashing Ghana 5–1 at home. Earlier in this run, they drew 1–1 at home against Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the sequence began with a 2–0 away win in Cyprus. Four wins and a draw — Austria head into this World Cup as one of the group’s top seeds and with good reason, boasting dangerous attacking options in Arnautovic, Sabitzer and Gregoritsch alongside genuine quality in midfield through Seiwald and Schlager.

Jordan come into this tournament having struggled significantly in their recent outings. Their most recent outing ended in a 2–0 defeat away in Colombia — their third loss from five. Prior to that, they were beaten 4–1 away in Switzerland, another heavy defeat on the road. Before that, they drew 2–2 at home against Nigeria. Earlier in this run, they drew 2–2 at home against Costa Rica, and the sequence began with a 3–2 home defeat to Morocco after extra time in the Arab Cup. No wins, two draws and three defeats across their last five — Jordan arrive at their first ever World Cup with a great deal of pride but a pre-tournament record that will give their camp limited confidence ahead of facing one of Europe’s more dangerous sides.

There is no previous meeting between these two nations on record, making this a fresh encounter without historical context.

Austria’s quality is markedly superior on current form, and Jordan’s inability to win any of their last five matches — with heavy defeats against Switzerland and Colombia particularly concerning — suggests they will find this a difficult afternoon. Austria will be motivated to win convincingly to send a statement within Group J, and with Jordan’s defensive record offering limited resistance, a comfortable Austrian victory is the most likely outcome.

In Austria, the match is live on ORF eins and available to stream via ORF ON, with SRF zwei also carrying the action. In Jordan, viewers can watch via beIN SPORTS CONNECT. In the UK and Ireland, the game is available on BBC One and via BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

Lineups & Injuries

Austria (4-2-3-1) Schlager, Laimer, Lienhart, Alaba, Mwene, Seiwald, Schmid, Schlager, Sabitzer, Gregoritsch, Arnautovic

Austria: Grillitsch (Doubtful), Wimmer (Doubtful)

Jordan (3-4-3) Abulaila, Taha, Fakhoury, Nasib, Rawabdeh, Olwan, Rashdan, Obaid, Tamari, Haddad, Arab

Jordan: No injury concerns reported.

Austria have a couple of doubts in Florian Grillitsch and Patrick Wimmer, though neither is expected to start regardless, meaning the impact on their first choice lineup is minimal. Jordan report a fully fit squad and can select from their strongest available group for this historic opener.

Group J

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Austria Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Austria	1 – 0	Tunisia	International Friendly	Jun 1, 2026
✅	Austria	1 – 0	South Korea	International Friendly	Mar 31, 2026
✅	Austria	5 – 1	Ghana	International Friendly	Mar 27, 2026
🤝	Austria	1 – 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	International Friendly	Nov 18, 2025
✅	Cyprus	0 – 2	Austria	International Friendly	Nov 15, 2025

Jordan Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
❌	Colombia	2 – 0	Jordan	International Friendly	Jun 8, 2026
❌	Switzerland	4 – 1	Jordan	International Friendly	May 31, 2026
🤝	Jordan	2 – 2	Nigeria	International Friendly	Mar 31, 2026
🤝	Jordan	2 – 2	Costa Rica	International Friendly	Mar 27, 2026
❌	Jordan	2 – 3	Morocco	Arab Cup	Dec 18, 2025

Head to Head

No previous meetings between these two sides.

TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Austria	ORF eins, ORF ON, SRF zwei
Jordan	beIN SPORTS CONNECT
Great Britain	BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Web
Ireland	RTE 2, BBC One, RTE Player, BBC iPlayer
USA	Fox Sports 1, fuboTV, Telemundo, FOX One
Germany	ZDF, ORF eins, SRF zwei, MagentaTV
France	beIN Sports 1, beIN SPORTS CONNECT, myCANAL
Brazil	SporTV, Globo, Globoplay, CazéTV
Canada	TSN+, TSN1, RDS App
Japan	DAZN Japan